Trent Bridge

Fixture News | 22nd June 2007

Bring on Jayasuriya

Gareth Clough claims the Notts Outlaws
bowlers must not be distracted by the threat of Lancashire's overseas star
Sanath Jayasuriya when the two sides meet at Trent Bridge on Saturday.

Twenty20 Cup North GroupJune 23: Notts Outlaws v Lancashire
LightningStart time: 2.40pm. Gates
open at 12pm.Tickets on the day cost £14 for adults and
£7 for under-16s. A family ticket for two adults and two under-16s costs £35.

The opener has signed up for the Twenty20
Cup with his international team-mate Muttiah Muralitharan called up by Sri
Lanka.

And the 37-year-old veteran, who redefined
the role of an opening batsman when he blazed his country to victory in the
1996 World Cup, is bound to be a danger over the course of 20 overs.

But Clough said: "We'll have to suck it and
see against him. It's important that you're confident of being successful,
whoever you're bowling to.

"Darren Lehmann is probably the best
batsman I've had to take on in one-day cricket, but one player doesn't make a
team and we have plenty of people who Lancashire should be worried about
themselves."

Clough is the most experienced member of
the Outlaws squad in Twenty20, with more appearances than any other player.

And the 29-year-old has stressed the
importance of winning at home to provide a platform for qualification for the
quarter-finals.

He added: "We want to make it a case of
'Fortress Trent Bridge' as we did last year. The weather needs to be good and
the crowds big. We had a good run last year and hopefully we can do exactly the
same this season."

Squad:Unchanged from the trip to Derby, with Ryan
Sidebottom withdrawn at the request of the England selectors.